Masks

A different kind of medicine to heal the hurt — Author’s note: This was one of my early pandemic pieces where we weren’t feeling comfortable and I was in search of a laugh…just one little laugh. While my jokes aren’t very funny, writing them made me laugh. Sometimes it can be hard to find a reason to laugh, and —…

Last week a woman on a Delta Airline flight was offered, by the man sitting beside her in first class, $100,000 to take of her COVID mask. According to the New York Post and a number of other reliable rags, a rich guy tried to exert his control over a…

I’m not wearing masks anymore. Not in Korea. That’s because Korea has finally decided to end its mask mandate starting 20 March 2023. Yes. It’s a Monday and it gives me a real reason to rejoice. At the moment, wearing a mask is required in high-risk settings, such as nursing…

Is a mask really needed? — When he did not wear his mask, He felt more hesitant and alone. He sat lost beside his phone. He looked at the world around him, As if he was a stranger in it. How did he lose his mask? Finding it was not an easy task. …

Masks were required everywhere. I know no one who liked wearing masks but most of us who wore masks got used to it except those who could not or would not. Masks were required at the community college where I teach. Most students were compliant. Some were not. No one…

Looking back across 2020 to 2023… and knowing what we know now, consider the following: Lie #1: We were told that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines would prevent the spread of Covid-19 and also that the vaccinated couldn’t catch it. Lie #2: We were told masks would help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Lie #3: We were…